Privacy and Human Rights 2003: Glossary

APD
Agencia de Protección de Datos(Data Protection Agency, Spain)
AMLO
Anti-Money Laundering Office
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
BDSG
Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, (Federal Data Protection Law, Germany)
CADA
Commission for Access to Administrative Documents (Portugal)
CAPPS II
Computer Assisted Passenger Profiling System (United States)
CALEA
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (United States)
CBP
College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (Data Protection Authority, Netherlands)
CCA
Controller of Certifying Authorities (India)
CCIC
Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (India)
CCRA
Canada Custom's and Revenue Agency
CCT
Convention collective de travail (Belgium)
CCTV
Close Circuit Television
CEPIRS
Centrales Privadas de Información de Riesgo (Peru)
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency (United States)
CNDP
Commission nationale pour la protection des données (Data Protection Authority, Luxembourg)
CNIL
Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (Data Protection Authority, France)
CoE
Council of Europe
CNPD
Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (National Data Protection Commission, Portugal).
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (United States)
DHS
Department of Homeland Security (United States)
DIB
Datainspektionen (Data Inspection Board, Sweden)
DOJ
Department of Justice (United States)
DSG
Datenschutzgesetz
DPA
Data Protection Authority
DPI
Data Protection Inspectorate (Estonia)
DPO
Data Protection Ombudsman (Finland)
DSA
Digital Signatures Act
EC
European Community
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECtHR
European Court on Human Rights
EKAM
Single Register Code Number (Greece)
EPIC
Electronic Privacy Information Center
EPPA
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (United States)
ETA
Electronic Transactions Act (Jordan)
ETSI
European Telecommunication Standardization Institute
EU
European Union
FAEC
Framework on Electronic Commerce (South Korea)
FATF
Financial Action Task Force
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States)
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (United States)
FDPC
Federal Data Protection Commissioner (Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz, Germany)
FISA
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (United States)
FISCR
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
FOI
Freedom of Information
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FTC
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
GCHQ
Government Communications Headquarters (United Kingdom)
GCSB
Government Communications Security Bureau
GILC
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
GNP
Grand National Party
GPCL
General Principles of Criminal Law (China)
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICP
Internet Content Providers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
ILO
International Labor Organization
IPRL
Internet Provider Responsibility Law (Japan).
ISO
International Standards Organization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IDRBT
Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology
ILETS
International Law Enforcement Telecommunications Seminar
ILO
International Labor Organization
ITECC
Information Technology and E-Commerce Council
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
LEN
Loi pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique (law on the Digital Economy, France)
LPD
Loi fédérale sur la protection des données (Federal Act of Data Protection of 1992, Switzerland)
LPPD
Law for the Protection of Personal Data
LGT
General Telecommunications Law (??)
LIPPI
Law on Information, Informatization and the Protection of Information
LPPDP
Law on the Protection of Personal Data Protection (Poland)
LPPLSI
Loi sur la société de l'information (Law on the Information Society, France)
LSSICE
Law of Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (Spain)
MDA
Media Development Authority (Singapore)
MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MOGAHA
Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs (South Korea)
MPT
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Japan)
NAASCOM
National Association of Software and Service Companies (India)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NHRC
National Human Rights Council (South Korea)
NIS
National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
NITC
National Information Technology Committee (Thailand)
NSP
National Security Police (Estonia)
NSS
National Security Service (Hungary)
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OIA
Operational Investigative Act (Ukraine)
OIC
Official Information Commission (Thailand)
OPTA
Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, Netherlands)
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
PAIA
Promotion of Access to Information Act (South Africa)
PCO
Office of Privacy Commissioner (Hong Kong)
PDPA
Personal Data Protection Act (Finland, Slovenia)
PET
Privacy Enhancing Technology
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PIN
Personal Identification Number
PIPEDA
Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (Canada)
PISA
Privacy Incorporated Software Agents
PDPA
Personal Data Protection Act (Estonia)
POT
Norwegian Security Police
POTA
Prevention of Terrorism Act (India)
PPSN
Personal Public Service Number (Ireland)
RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RRNS
Resident Registry Network System (Japan)
SBA
Singapore Broadcasting Authority
SBU
National Security Service (Ukraine)
SDF
Self Defense Forces (Japan)
SEVIS
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (United States)
SID
Special Investigation Division
SIGINT
Signals Intelligence
SIS
Schengen Information System
SISAA
Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency Act
SORM
System of Operative Investigative Activities
SOVA
Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency
SSU
Secret Service Unit (Ukraine)
TADA
Terrorists And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (India)
TEL
Telecommunications Working Group
TFN
Tax File Number
TIA
Total Information Awareness
TOT
Telephone Organization of Thailand
UCE
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
UK
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UNESCO
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
WP29
Article 29 Working Group (European Commission)